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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1589
5	5	To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain
6	6	aliens, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY26, 2025
9	9	Ms. G
10	10	ARCIAof Texas (for herself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. CLARKEof New York,
11	11	Ms. S
12	12	ALAZAR, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. CORREA,
13	13	Ms. C
14	14	HU, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARKof Massachusetts, Mr. AGUILAR,
15	15	Mr. L
16	16	IEU, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.
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18	18	HOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr. SCOTTof Virginia, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
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20	20	ALLONE, Mr. NEAL, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Ms. CRAIG, Mr.
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22	22	EEKS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LARSENof Washington, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr.
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24	24	IMES, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. ESPAILLAT,
25	25	Mr. C
26	26	ASAR, Ms. MENG, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, Mr. FIGURES, Ms. SE-
27	27	WELL, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. STANTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. THOMPSONof
28	28	California, Mr. B
29	29	ERA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HARDERof
30	30	California, Mr. D
31	31	ESAULNIER, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. SIMON, Mr. GRAY, Mr.
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33	33	WALWELL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. LICCARDO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PANETTA,
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35	35	OSTA, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. WHITESIDES, Ms.
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37	37	IVAS, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr.
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39	39	OMEZ, Mrs. TORRESof California, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. GARCIAof Cali-
40	40	fornia, Ms. B
41	41	ARRAGA´N, Mr. TRAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. PETERS, Ms. JACOBS,
42	42	Mr. V
43	43	ARGAS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CROW, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. LARSON
44	44	of Connecticut, Mr. C
45	45	OURTNEY, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
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47	47	CBRIDE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. FROST, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Mrs.
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49	49	HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN
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51	51	CHULTZ, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. WILLIAMSof
52	52	Georgia, Mrs. M
53	53	CBATH, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms.
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55	55	AVIDSof Kansas, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, Mr.
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57	57	ARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mr.
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59	59	RISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. FOSTER,
60	60	Ms. B
61	61	UDZINSKI, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. MRVAN, Mr.
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63	63	ARSON, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr.
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65	65	OULTON, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Ms.
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67	67	LFRETH, Mr. IVEY, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. MCCLAINDELANEY, Mr.
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69	69	FUME, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. MCDONALD
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71	71	IVET, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. MORRISON, Ms.
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77	77	FOUSHEE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MENEN-
78	78	DEZ, Ms. POU, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. SHERRILL, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN,
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80	80	TANSBURY, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. TITUS, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. SUOZZI,
81	81	Mr. G
82	82	OLDMANof New York, Mr. NADLER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr.
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84	84	ORRESof New York, Mr. LATIMER, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms.
85	85	B
86	86	ROWN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. HOYLEof Oregon, Ms.
87	87	B
88	88	YNUM, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. BOYLEof Pennsylvania, Mr. EVANSof Penn-
89	89	sylvania, Ms. D
90	90	EANof Pennsylvania, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms.
91	91	L
92	92	EEof Pennsylvania, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Mr. AMO, Mr.
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94	94	AGAZINER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. GREEN
95	95	of Texas, Ms. E
96	96	SCOBAR, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. CASTROof Texas,
97	97	Mr. C
98	98	UELLAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. JOHNSONof Texas, Mr. VEASEY, Mr.
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100	100	OGGETT, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. VINDMAN, Mr. BEYER, Mr.
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102	102	UBRAMANYAM, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. BALINT, Ms. RANDALL, Ms.
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104	104	CHRIER, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr.
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106	106	UCHINCLOSS, Mr. MIN, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida,
107	107	and Mr. R
108	108	YAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
109	109	Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
110	110	cation and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
111	111	Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
112	112	the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
113	113	A BILL
114	114	To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment
115	115	of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.
116	116	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
117	117	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
118	118	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
119	119	(a) S
120	120	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
121	121	‘‘American Dream and Promise Act of 2025’’. 5
122	122	(b) T
123	123	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
124	124	this Act is as follows: 7
125	125	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
126	126	TITLE I—DREAM ACT OF 2025
127	127	Sec. 101. Short title.
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131	131	Sec. 102. Permanent resident status on a conditional basis for certain long-
132	132	term residents who entered the United States as children.
133	133	Sec. 103. Terms of permanent resident status on a conditional basis.
134	134	Sec. 104. Removal of conditional basis of permanent resident status.
135	135	Sec. 105. Restoration of State option to determine residency for purposes of
136	136	higher education benefits.
137	137	TITLE II—AMERICAN PROMISE ACT OF 2025
138	138	Sec. 201. Short title.
139	139	Sec. 202. Adjustment of status for certain nationals of certain countries des-
140	140	ignated for temporary protected status or deferred enforced de-
141	141	parture.
142	142	Sec. 203. Clarification.
143	143	TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
144	144	Sec. 301. Definitions.
145	145	Sec. 302. Submission of biometric and biographic data; background checks.
146	146	Sec. 303. Limitation on removal; application and fee exemption; and other con-
147	147	ditions on eligible individuals.
148	148	Sec. 304. Determination of continuous presence and residence.
149	149	Sec. 305. Exemption from numerical limitations.
150	150	Sec. 306. Availability of administrative and judicial review.
151	151	Sec. 307. Documentation requirements.
152	152	Sec. 308. Rulemaking.
153	153	Sec. 309. Confidentiality of information.
154	154	Sec. 310. Grant program to assist eligible applicants.
155	155	Sec. 311. Provisions affecting eligibility for adjustment of status.
156	156	Sec. 312. Supplementary surcharge for appointed counsel.
157	157	Sec. 313. Annual report on provisional denial authority.
158	158	TITLE I—DREAM ACT OF 2025 1
159	159	SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 2
160	160	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Dream Act of 2025’’. 3
161	161	SEC. 102. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON A CONDI-4
162	162	TIONAL BASIS FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM 5
163	163	RESIDENTS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED 6
164	164	STATES AS CHILDREN. 7
165	165	(a) C
166	166	ONDITIONALBASIS FORSTATUS.—Notwith-8
167	167	standing any other provision of law, and except as pro-9
168	168	vided in section 104(c)(2), an alien shall be considered, 10
169	169	at the time of obtaining the status of an alien lawfully 11
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173	173	admitted for permanent residence under this section, to 1
174	174	have obtained such status on a conditional basis subject 2
175	175	to the provisions of this title. 3
176	176	(b) R
177	177	EQUIREMENTS.— 4
178	178	(1) I
179	179	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 5
180	180	provision of law, the Secretary or the Attorney Gen-6
181	181	eral shall adjust to the status of an alien lawfully 7
182	182	admitted for permanent residence on a conditional 8
183	183	basis, or without the conditional basis as provided in 9
184	184	section 104(c)(2), an alien who is inadmissible or de-10
185	185	portable from the United States, is subject to a 11
186	186	grant of Deferred Enforced Departure, has tem-12
187	187	porary protected status under section 244 of the Im-13
188	188	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), or 14
189	189	is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a non-15
190	190	immigrant under subparagraph (E)(i), (E)(ii), 16
191	191	(H)(i)(b), or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act 17
192	192	(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) if— 18
193	193	(A) the alien has been continuously phys-19
194	194	ically present in the United States since Janu-20
195	195	ary 1, 2021; 21
196	196	(B) the alien was 18 years of age or 22
197	197	younger on the date on which the alien entered 23
198	198	the United States and has continuously resided 24
199	199	in the United States since such entry; 25
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203	203	(C) the alien— 1
204	204	(i) subject to paragraph (2), is not in-2
205	205	admissible under paragraph (1), (6)(E), 3
206	206	(6)(G), (8), or (10) of section 212(a) of 4
207	207	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 5
208	208	U.S.C. 1182(a)); 6
209	209	(ii) has not ordered, incited, assisted, 7
210	210	or otherwise participated in the persecution 8
211	211	of any person on account of race, religion, 9
212	212	nationality, membership in a particular so-10
213	213	cial group, or political opinion; and 11
214	214	(iii) is not barred from adjustment of 12
215	215	status under this title based on the crimi-13
216	216	nal and national security grounds de-14
217	217	scribed under subsection (c), subject to the 15
218	218	provisions of such subsection; and 16
219	219	(D) the alien— 17
220	220	(i) has been admitted to an institution 18
221	221	of higher education; 19
222	222	(ii) has been admitted to an area ca-20
223	223	reer and technical education school at the 21
224	224	postsecondary level; 22
225	225	(iii) in the United States, has ob-23
226	226	tained— 24
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230	230	(I) a high school diploma or a 1
231	231	commensurate alternative award from 2
232	232	a public or private high school; 3
233	233	(II) a General Education Devel-4
234	234	opment credential, a high school 5
235	235	equivalency diploma recognized under 6
236	236	State law, or another similar State- 7
237	237	authorized credential; 8
238	238	(III) a credential or certificate 9
239	239	from an area career and technical 10
240	240	education school at the secondary 11
241	241	level; or 12
242	242	(IV) a recognized postsecondary 13
243	243	credential; or 14
244	244	(iv) is enrolled in secondary school or 15
245	245	in an education program assisting students 16
246	246	in— 17
247	247	(I) obtaining a high school di-18
248	248	ploma or its recognized equivalent 19
249	249	under State law; 20
250	250	(II) passing the General Edu-21
251	251	cation Development test, a high school 22
252	252	equivalence diploma examination, or 23
253	253	other similar State-authorized exam; 24
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257	257	(III) obtaining a certificate or 1
258	258	credential from an area career and 2
259	259	technical education school providing 3
260	260	education at the secondary level; or 4
261	261	(IV) obtaining a recognized post-5
262	262	secondary credential. 6
263	263	(2) W
264	264	AIVER OF GROUNDS OF INADMIS -7
265	265	SIBILITY.—With respect to any benefit under this 8
266	266	title, and in addition to the waivers under subsection 9
267	267	(c)(2), the Secretary may waive the grounds of inad-10
268	268	missibility under paragraph (1), (6)(E), (6)(G), or 11
269	269	(10)(D) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and 12
270	270	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) for humanitarian 13
271	271	purposes, for family unity, or because the waiver is 14
272	272	otherwise in the public interest. 15
273	273	(3) A
274	274	PPLICATION FEE.— 16
275	275	(A) I
276	276	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may, 17
277	277	subject to an exemption under section 303(c), 18
278	278	require an alien applying under this section to 19
279	279	pay a reasonable fee that is commensurate with 20
280	280	the cost of processing the application but does 21
281	281	not exceed $495.00. 22
282	282	(B) S
283	283	PECIAL PROCEDURES FOR APPLI -23
284	284	CANTS WITH DACA.—The Secretary shall estab-24
285	285	lish a streamlined procedure for aliens who have 25
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289	289	been granted DACA and who meet the require-1
290	290	ments for renewal (under the terms of the pro-2
291	291	gram in effect on January 1, 2017) to apply for 3
292	292	adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully 4
293	293	admitted for permanent residence on a condi-5
294	294	tional basis under this section, or without the 6
295	295	conditional basis as provided in section 7
296	296	104(c)(2). Such procedure shall not include a 8
297	297	requirement that the applicant pay a fee, except 9
298	298	that the Secretary may require an applicant 10
299	299	who meets the requirements for lawful perma-11
300	300	nent residence without the conditional basis 12
301	301	under section 104(c)(2) to pay a fee that is 13
302	302	commensurate with the cost of processing the 14
303	303	application, subject to the exemption under sec-15
304	304	tion 303(c). 16
305	305	(4) B
306	306	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 17
307	307	may not grant an alien permanent resident status on 18
308	308	a conditional basis under this section until the re-19
309	309	quirements of section 302 are satisfied. 20
310	310	(5) M
311	311	ILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE .—An alien 21
312	312	applying for permanent resident status on a condi-22
313	313	tional basis under this section, or without the condi-23
314	314	tional basis as provided in section 104(c)(2), shall 24
315	315	establish that the alien has registered under the 25
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319	319	Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et 1
320	320	seq.), if the alien is subject to registration under 2
321	321	such Act. 3
322	322	(c) C
323	323	RIMINAL ANDNATIONALSECURITYBARS.— 4
324	324	(1) G
325	325	ROUNDS OF INELIGIBILITY .—Except as 5
326	326	provided in paragraph (2), an alien is ineligible for 6
327	327	adjustment of status under this title (whether on a 7
328	328	conditional basis or without the conditional basis as 8
329	329	provided in section 104(c)(2)) if any of the following 9
330	330	apply: 10
331	331	(A) The alien is inadmissible under para-11
332	332	graph (2) or (3) of section 212(a) of the Immi-12
333	333	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). 13
334	334	(B) Excluding any offense under State law 14
335	335	for which an essential element is the alien’s im-15
336	336	migration status, and any minor traffic offense, 16
337	337	the alien has been convicted of— 17
338	338	(i) any felony offense; 18
339	339	(ii) three or more misdemeanor of-19
340	340	fenses (excluding simple possession of can-20
341	341	nabis or cannabis-related paraphernalia, 21
342	342	any offense involving cannabis or cannabis- 22
343	343	related paraphernalia which is no longer 23
344	344	prosecutable in the State in which the con-24
345	345	viction was entered, and any offense involv-25
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349	349	ing civil disobedience without violence) not 1
350	350	occurring on the same date, and not aris-2
351	351	ing out of the same act, omission, or 3
352	352	scheme of misconduct; or 4
353	353	(iii) a misdemeanor offense of domes-5
354	354	tic violence, unless the alien demonstrates 6
355	355	that such crime is related to the alien hav-7
356	356	ing been— 8
357	357	(I) a victim of domestic violence, 9
358	358	sexual assault, stalking, child abuse or 10
359	359	neglect, abuse or neglect in later life, 11
360	360	or human trafficking; 12
361	361	(II) battered or subjected to ex-13
362	362	treme cruelty; or 14
363	363	(III) a victim of criminal activity 15
364	364	described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) 16
365	365	of the Immigration and Nationality 17
366	366	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)). 18
367	367	(2) W
368	368	AIVERS FOR CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS .— 19
369	369	For humanitarian purposes, family unity, or if oth-20
370	370	erwise in the public interest, the Secretary may— 21
371	371	(A) waive the grounds of inadmissibility 22
372	372	under subparagraphs (A), (C), and (D) of sec-23
373	373	tion 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nation-24
374	374	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)), unless the con-25
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378	378	viction forming the basis for inadmissibility 1
379	379	would otherwise render the alien ineligible 2
380	380	under paragraph (1)(B) (subject to subpara-3
381	381	graph (B)); and 4
382	382	(B) for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of 5
383	383	paragraph (1)(B), waive consideration of— 6
384	384	(i) one misdemeanor offense if the 7
385	385	alien has not been convicted of any offense 8
386	386	in the 5-year period preceding the date on 9
387	387	which the alien applies for adjustment of 10
388	388	status under this title; or 11
389	389	(ii) up to two misdemeanor offenses if 12
390	390	the alien has not been convicted of any of-13
391	391	fense in the 10-year period preceding the 14
392	392	date on which the alien applies for adjust-15
393	393	ment of status under this title. 16
394	394	(3) A
395	395	UTHORITY TO CONDUCT SECONDARY RE -17
396	396	VIEW.— 18
397	397	(A) I
398	398	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding an 19
399	399	alien’s eligibility for adjustment of status under 20
400	400	this title, and subject to the procedures de-21
401	401	scribed in this paragraph, the Secretary may, 22
402	402	as a matter of non-delegable discretion, provi-23
403	403	sionally deny an application for adjustment of 24
404	404	status (whether on a conditional basis or with-25
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408	408	out the conditional basis as provided in section 1
409	409	104(c)(2)) if the Secretary, based on clear and 2
410	410	convincing evidence, which shall include credible 3
411	411	law enforcement information, determines that 4
412	412	the alien is described in subparagraph (B) or 5
413	413	(D). 6
414	414	(B) P
415	415	UBLIC SAFETY.—An alien is de-7
416	416	scribed in this subparagraph if— 8
417	417	(i) excluding simple possession of can-9
418	418	nabis or cannabis-related paraphernalia, 10
419	419	any offense involving cannabis or cannabis- 11
420	420	related paraphernalia which is no longer 12
421	421	prosecutable in the State in which the con-13
422	422	viction was entered, any offense under 14
423	423	State law for which an essential element is 15
424	424	the alien’s immigration status, any offense 16
425	425	involving civil disobedience without vio-17
426	426	lence, and any minor traffic offense, the 18
427	427	alien— 19
428	428	(I) has been convicted of a mis-20
429	429	demeanor offense punishable by a 21
430	430	term of imprisonment of more than 22
431	431	30 days; or 23
432	432	(II) has been adjudicated delin-24
433	433	quent in a State or local juvenile court 25
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437	437	proceeding that resulted in a disposi-1
438	438	tion ordering placement in a secure 2
439	439	facility; and 3
440	440	(ii) the alien poses a significant and 4
441	441	continuing threat to public safety related 5
442	442	to such conviction or adjudication. 6
443	443	(C) P
444	444	UBLIC SAFETY DETERMINATION .— 7
445	445	For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii), the Sec-8
446	446	retary shall consider the recency of the convic-9
447	447	tion or adjudication; the length of any imposed 10
448	448	sentence or placement; the nature and serious-11
449	449	ness of the conviction or adjudication, including 12
450	450	whether the elements of the offense include the 13
451	451	unlawful possession or use of a deadly weapon 14
452	452	to commit an offense or other conduct intended 15
453	453	to cause serious bodily injury; and any miti-16
454	454	gating factors pertaining to the alien’s role in 17
455	455	the commission of the offense. 18
456	456	(D) G
457	457	ANG PARTICIPATION.—An alien is 19
458	458	described in this subparagraph if the alien has, 20
459	459	within the 5 years immediately preceding the 21
460	460	date of the application, knowingly, willfully, and 22
461	461	voluntarily participated in offenses committed 23
462	462	by a criminal street gang (as described in sub-24
463	463	sections (a) and (c) of section 521 of title 18, 25
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467	467	United States Code) with the intent to promote 1
468	468	or further the commission of such offenses. 2
469	469	(E) E
470	470	VIDENTIARY LIMITATION.—For pur-3
471	471	poses of subparagraph (D), allegations of gang 4
472	472	membership obtained from a State or Federal 5
473	473	in-house or local database, or a network of 6
474	474	databases used for the purpose of recording and 7
475	475	sharing activities of alleged gang members 8
476	476	across law enforcement agencies, shall not es-9
477	477	tablish the participation described in such para-10
478	478	graph. 11
479	479	(F) N
480	480	OTICE.— 12
481	481	(i) I
482	482	N GENERAL.—Prior to rendering 13
483	483	a discretionary decision under this para-14
484	484	graph, the Secretary shall provide written 15
485	485	notice of the intent to provisionally deny 16
486	486	the application to the alien (or the alien’s 17
487	487	counsel of record, if any) by certified mail 18
488	488	and, if an electronic mail address is pro-19
489	489	vided, by electronic mail (or other form of 20
490	490	electronic communication). Such notice 21
491	491	shall— 22
492	492	(I) articulate with specificity all 23
493	493	grounds for the preliminary deter-24
494	494	mination, including the evidence relied 25
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498	498	upon to support the determination; 1
499	499	and 2
500	500	(II) provide the alien with not 3
501	501	less than 90 days to respond. 4
502	502	(ii) S
503	503	ECOND NOTICE.—Not more than 5
504	504	30 days after the issuance of the notice 6
505	505	under clause (i), the Secretary shall pro-7
506	506	vide a second written notice that meets the 8
507	507	requirements of such clause. 9
508	508	(iii) N
509	509	OTICE NOT RECEIVED .—Not-10
510	510	withstanding any other provision of law, if 11
511	511	an applicant provides good cause for not 12
512	512	contesting a provisional denial under this 13
513	513	paragraph, including a failure to receive 14
514	514	notice as required under this subpara-15
515	515	graph, the Secretary shall, upon a motion 16
516	516	filed by the alien, reopen an application for 17
517	517	adjustment of status under this title and 18
518	518	allow the applicant an opportunity to re-19
519	519	spond, consistent with clause (i)(II). 20
520	520	(G) J
521	521	UDICIAL REVIEW OF A PROVISIONAL 21
522	522	DENIAL.— 22
523	523	(i) I
524	524	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 23
525	525	any other provision of law, if, after notice 24
526	526	and the opportunity to respond under sub-25
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530	530	paragraph (F), the Secretary provisionally 1
531	531	denies an application for adjustment of 2
532	532	status under this Act, the alien shall have 3
533	533	60 days from the date of the Secretary’s 4
534	534	determination to seek review of such deter-5
535	535	mination in an appropriate United States 6
536	536	district court. 7
537	537	(ii) S
538	538	COPE OF REVIEW AND DECI -8
539	539	SION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-9
540	540	sion of law, review under paragraph (1) 10
541	541	shall be de novo and based solely on the 11
542	542	administrative record, except that the ap-12
543	543	plicant shall be given the opportunity to 13
544	544	supplement the administrative record and 14
545	545	the Secretary shall be given the oppor-15
546	546	tunity to rebut the evidence and arguments 16
547	547	raised in such submission. Upon issuing its 17
548	548	decision, the court shall remand the mat-18
549	549	ter, with appropriate instructions, to the 19
550	550	Department of Homeland Security to 20
551	551	render a final decision on the application. 21
552	552	(iii) A
553	553	PPOINTED COUNSEL .—Notwith-22
554	554	standing any other provision of law, an ap-23
555	555	plicant seeking judicial review under clause 24
556	556	(i) shall be represented by counsel. Upon 25
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560	560	the request of the applicant, counsel shall 1
561	561	be appointed for the applicant, in accord-2
562	562	ance with procedures to be established by 3
563	563	the Attorney General within 90 days of the 4
564	564	date of the enactment of this Act, and 5
565	565	shall be funded in accordance with fees col-6
566	566	lected and deposited in the Immigration 7
567	567	Counsel Account under section 312. 8
568	568	(4) D
569	569	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-9
570	570	section— 10
571	571	(A) the term ‘‘felony offense’’ means an of-11
572	572	fense under Federal or State law that is pun-12
573	573	ishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 13
574	574	more than 1 year; 14
575	575	(B) the term ‘‘misdemeanor offense’’ 15
576	576	means an offense under Federal or State law 16
577	577	that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 17
578	578	more than 5 days but not more than 1 year; 18
579	579	and 19
580	580	(C) the term ‘‘crime of domestic violence’’ 20
581	581	means any offense that has as an element the 21
582	582	use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys-22
583	583	ical force against a person committed by a cur-23
584	584	rent or former spouse of the person, by an indi-24
585	585	vidual with whom the person shares a child in 25
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589	589	common, by an individual who is cohabiting 1
590	590	with or has cohabited with the person as a 2
591	591	spouse, by an individual similarly situated to a 3
592	592	spouse of the person under the domestic or 4
593	593	family violence laws of the jurisdiction where 5
594	594	the offense occurs, or by any other individual 6
595	595	against a person who is protected from that in-7
596	596	dividual’s acts under the domestic or family vio-8
597	597	lence laws of the United States or any State, 9
598	598	Indian Tribal government, or unit of local gov-10
599	599	ernment. 11
600	600	(d) L
601	601	IMITATION ONREMOVAL OFCERTAINALIEN 12
602	602	M
603	603	INORS.—An alien who is 18 years of age or younger and 13
604	604	meets the requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), 14
605	605	and (C) of subsection (b)(1) shall be provided a reasonable 15
606	606	opportunity to meet the educational requirements under 16
607	607	subparagraph (D) of such subsection. The Attorney Gen-17
608	608	eral or the Secretary may not commence or continue with 18
609	609	removal proceedings against such an alien. 19
610	610	(e) W
611	611	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION.—The Secretary 20
612	612	shall, upon receipt of a request to withdraw an application 21
613	613	for adjustment of status under this section, cease proc-22
614	614	essing of the application, and close the case. Withdrawal 23
615	615	of the application under this subsection shall not prejudice 24
616	616	any future application filed by the applicant for any immi-25
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619	619	•HR 1589 IH
620	620	gration benefit under this title or under the Immigration 1
621	621	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 2
622	622	SEC. 103. TERMS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON A 3
623	623	CONDITIONAL BASIS. 4
624	624	(a) P
625	625	ERIOD OFSTATUS.—Permanent resident status 5
626	626	on a conditional basis is— 6
627	627	(1) valid for a period of 10 years, unless such 7
628	628	period is extended by the Secretary; and 8
629	629	(2) subject to revocation under subsection (c). 9
630	630	(b) N
631	631	OTICE OFREQUIREMENTS.—At the time an 10
632	632	alien obtains permanent resident status on a conditional 11
633	633	basis, the Secretary shall provide notice to the alien re-12
634	634	garding the provisions of this title and the requirements 13
635	635	to have the conditional basis of such status removed. 14
636	636	(c) R
637	637	EVOCATION OF STATUS.—The Secretary may 15
638	638	revoke the permanent resident status on a conditional 16
639	639	basis of an alien only if the Secretary— 17
640	640	(1) determines that the alien ceases to meet the 18
641	641	requirements under section 102(b)(1)(C); and 19
642	642	(2) prior to the revocation, provides the alien— 20
643	643	(A) notice of the proposed revocation; and 21
644	644	(B) the opportunity for a hearing to pro-22
645	645	vide evidence that the alien meets such require-23
646	646	ments or otherwise to contest the proposed rev-24
647	647	ocation. 25
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651	651	(d) RETURN TOPREVIOUSIMMIGRATIONSTATUS.— 1
652	652	An alien whose permanent resident status on a conditional 2
653	653	basis expires under subsection (a)(1) or is revoked under 3
654	654	subsection (c), shall return to the immigration status that 4
655	655	the alien had immediately before receiving permanent resi-5
656	656	dent status on a conditional basis. 6
657	657	SEC. 104. REMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL BASIS OF PERMA-7
658	658	NENT RESIDENT STATUS. 8
659	659	(a) E
660	660	LIGIBILITY FORREMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL 9
661	661	B
662	662	ASIS.— 10
663	663	(1) I
664	664	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 11
665	665	the Secretary shall remove the conditional basis of 12
666	666	an alien’s permanent resident status granted under 13
667	667	this title and grant the alien status as an alien law-14
668	668	fully admitted for permanent residence if the alien— 15
669	669	(A) is described in section 102(b)(1)(C); 16
670	670	(B) has not abandoned the alien’s resi-17
671	671	dence in the United States during the period in 18
672	672	which the alien has permanent resident status 19
673	673	on a conditional basis; and 20
674	674	(C)(i) has obtained a degree from an insti-21
675	675	tution of higher education, or has completed at 22
676	676	least 2 years, in good standing, of a program in 23
677	677	the United States leading to a bachelor’s degree 24
678	678	or higher degree or a recognized postsecondary 25
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682	682	credential from an area career and technical 1
683	683	education school providing education at the 2
684	684	postsecondary level; 3
685	685	(ii) has served in the Uniformed Services 4
686	686	for at least 2 years and, if discharged, received 5
687	687	an honorable discharge; or 6
688	688	(iii) demonstrates earned income for peri-7
689	689	ods totaling at least 3 years and at least 75 8
690	690	percent of the time that the alien has had a 9
691	691	valid employment authorization, except that, in 10
692	692	the case of an alien who was enrolled in an in-11
693	693	stitution of higher education, an area career 12
694	694	and technical education school to obtain a rec-13
695	695	ognized postsecondary credential, or an edu-14
696	696	cation program described in section 15
697	697	102(b)(1)(D)(iii), the Secretary shall reduce 16
698	698	such total 3-year requirement by the total of 17
699	699	such periods of enrollment. 18
700	700	(2) H
701	701	ARDSHIP EXCEPTION .—The Secretary 19
702	702	shall remove the conditional basis of an alien’s per-20
703	703	manent resident status and grant the alien status as 21
704	704	an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 22
705	705	if the alien— 23
706	706	(A) satisfies the requirements under sub-24
707	707	paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); 25
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711	711	(B) demonstrates compelling circumstances 1
712	712	for the inability to satisfy the requirements 2
713	713	under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph; and 3
714	714	(C) demonstrates that— 4
715	715	(i) the alien has a disability; 5
716	716	(ii) the alien is a full-time caregiver; 6
717	717	or 7
718	718	(iii) the removal of the alien from the 8
719	719	United States would result in hardship to 9
720	720	the alien or the alien’s spouse, parent, or 10
721	721	child who is a national of the United 11
722	722	States or is lawfully admitted for perma-12
723	723	nent residence. 13
724	724	(3) C
725	725	ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT .— 14
726	726	(A) I
727	727	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 15
728	728	subparagraph (B), the conditional basis of an 16
729	729	alien’s permanent resident status granted under 17
730	730	this title may not be removed unless the alien 18
731	731	demonstrates that the alien satisfies the re-19
732	732	quirements under section 312(a) of the Immi-20
733	733	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)). 21
734	734	(B) E
735	735	XCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 22
736	736	not apply to an alien who is unable to meet the 23
737	737	requirements under such section 312(a) due to 24
738	738	disability. 25
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742	742	(4) APPLICATION FEE.—The Secretary may, 1
743	743	subject to an exemption under section 303(c), re-2
744	744	quire aliens applying for removal of the conditional 3
745	745	basis of an alien’s permanent resident status under 4
746	746	this section to pay a reasonable fee that is commen-5
747	747	surate with the cost of processing the application. 6
748	748	(5) B
749	749	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 7
750	750	may not remove the conditional basis of an alien’s 8
751	751	permanent resident status until the requirements of 9
752	752	section 302 are satisfied. 10
753	753	(b) T
754	754	REATMENT FOR PURPOSES OFNATURALIZA-11
755	755	TION.— 12
756	756	(1) I
757	757	N GENERAL.—For purposes of title III of 13
758	758	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 14
759	759	et seq.), an alien granted permanent resident status 15
760	760	on a conditional basis shall be considered to have 16
761	761	been admitted to the United States, and be present 17
762	762	in the United States, as an alien lawfully admitted 18
763	763	for permanent residence. 19
764	764	(2) L
765	765	IMITATION ON APPLICATION FOR NATU -20
766	766	RALIZATION.—An alien may not apply for natu-21
767	767	ralization while the alien is in permanent resident 22
768	768	status on a conditional basis. 23
769	769	(c) T
770	770	IMING OFAPPROVAL OFLAWFULPERMANENT 24
771	771	R
772	772	ESIDENTSTATUS.— 25
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776	776	(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien granted permanent 1
777	777	resident status on a conditional basis under this title 2
778	778	may apply to have such conditional basis removed at 3
779	779	any time after such alien has met the eligibility re-4
780	780	quirements set forth in subsection (a). 5
781	781	(2) A
782	782	PPROVAL WITH REGARD TO INITIAL APPLI -6
783	783	CATIONS.— 7
784	784	(A) I
785	785	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 8
786	786	other provision of law, the Secretary or the At-9
787	787	torney General shall adjust to the status of an 10
788	788	alien lawfully admitted for permanent resident 11
789	789	status without conditional basis, any alien 12
790	790	who— 13
791	791	(i) demonstrates eligibility for lawful 14
792	792	permanent residence status on a condi-15
793	793	tional basis under section 102(b); and 16
794	794	(ii) subject to the exceptions described 17
795	795	in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3)(B) of this 18
796	796	section, already has fulfilled the require-19
797	797	ments of paragraphs (1) and (3) of sub-20
798	798	section (a) of this section at the time such 21
799	799	alien first submits an application for bene-22
800	800	fits under this title. 23
801	801	(B) B
802	802	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—Subsection 24
803	803	(a)(5) shall apply to an alien seeking lawful 25
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807	807	permanent resident status without conditional 1
808	808	basis in an initial application in the same man-2
809	809	ner as it applies to an alien seeking removal of 3
810	810	the conditional basis of an alien’s permanent 4
811	811	resident status. Section 102(b)(4) shall not be 5
812	812	construed to require the Secretary to conduct 6
813	813	more than one identical security or law enforce-7
814	814	ment background check on such an alien. 8
815	815	(C) A
816	816	PPLICATION FEES.—In the case of an 9
817	817	alien seeking lawful permanent resident status 10
818	818	without conditional basis in an initial applica-11
819	819	tion, the alien shall pay the fee required under 12
820	820	subsection (a)(4), subject to the exemption al-13
821	821	lowed under section 303(c), but shall not be re-14
822	822	quired to pay the application fee under section 15
823	823	102(b)(3). 16
824	824	SEC. 105. RESTORATION OF STATE OPTION TO DETERMINE 17
825	825	RESIDENCY FOR PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDU-18
826	826	CATION BENEFITS. 19
827	827	(a) I
828	828	NGENERAL.—Section 505 of the Illegal Immi-20
829	829	gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 21
830	830	(8 U.S.C. 1623) is repealed. 22
831	831	(b) E
832	832	FFECTIVEDATE.—The repeal under subsection 23
833	833	(a) shall take effect as if included in the original enact-24
834	834	ment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 25
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838	838	Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104– 1
839	839	208; 110 Stat. 3009–546). 2
840	840	TITLE II—AMERICAN PROMISE 3
841	841	ACT OF 2025 4
842	842	SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 5
843	843	This title may be cited as the ‘‘American Promise Act 6
844	844	of 2025’’. 7
845	845	SEC. 202. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATION-8
846	846	ALS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DESIGNATED 9
847	847	FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS OR 10
848	848	DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE. 11
849	849	(a) I
850	850	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-12
851	851	sion of law, the Secretary or the Attorney General shall 13
852	852	adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for per-14
853	853	manent residence, an alien described in subsection (b) if 15
854	854	the alien— 16
855	855	(1) applies for such adjustment, including sub-17
856	856	mitting any required documents under section 307, 18
857	857	not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-19
858	858	ment of this Act; 20
859	859	(2) has been continuously physically present in 21
860	860	the United States for a period of not less than 3 22
861	861	years; and 23
862	862	(3) subject to subsection (c), is not inadmissible 24
863	863	under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (6)(D), (6)(E), 25
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867	867	(6)(F), (6)(G), (8), or (10) of section 212(a) of the 1
868	868	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 2
869	869	1182(a)). 3
870	870	(b) A
871	871	LIENSELIGIBLE FORADJUSTMENT OF STA-4
872	872	TUS.—An alien shall be eligible for adjustment of status 5
873	873	under this section if the alien is an individual— 6
874	874	(1) who— 7
875	875	(A) is a national of a foreign state (or part 8
876	876	thereof) (or in the case of an alien having no 9
877	877	nationality, is a person who last habitually re-10
878	878	sided in such state) with a designation under 11
879	879	subsection (b) of section 244 of the Immigra-12
880	880	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) 13
881	881	on January 1, 2017, who had or was otherwise 14
882	882	eligible for temporary protected status on such 15
883	883	date notwithstanding subsections (c)(1)(A)(iv) 16
884	884	and (c)(3)(C) of such section; and 17
885	885	(B) has not engaged in conduct since such 18
886	886	date that would render the alien ineligible for 19
887	887	temporary protected status under section 20
888	888	244(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 21
889	889	Act (8 U.S.C. 1245a(c)(2)); or 22
890	890	(2) who was eligible for Deferred Enforced De-23
891	891	parture as of January 20, 2021, and has not en-24
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895	895	gaged in conduct since that date that would render 1
896	896	the alien ineligible for Deferred Enforced Departure. 2
897	897	(c) W
898	898	AIVER OFGROUNDS OFINADMISSIBILITY.— 3
899	899	(1) I
900	900	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-4
901	901	graph (2), with respect to any benefit under this 5
902	902	title, and in addition to any waivers that are other-6
903	903	wise available, the Secretary may waive the grounds 7
904	904	of inadmissibility under paragraph (1), subpara-8
905	905	graphs (A), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2), subpara-9
906	906	graphs (D) through (G) of paragraph (6), or para-10
907	907	graph (10)(D) of section 212(a) of the Immigration 11
908	908	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) for humani-12
909	909	tarian purposes, for family unity, or because the 13
910	910	waiver is otherwise in the public interest. 14
911	911	(2) E
912	912	XCEPTION.—The Secretary may not waive 15
913	913	a ground described in paragraph (1) if such inad-16
914	914	missibility is based on a conviction or convictions, 17
915	915	and such conviction or convictions would otherwise 18
916	916	render the alien ineligible under section 19
917	917	244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 20
918	918	Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)). 21
919	919	(d) A
920	920	PPLICATION.— 22
921	921	(1) F
922	922	EE.—The Secretary shall, subject to an 23
923	923	exemption under section 303(c), require an alien ap-24
924	924	plying for adjustment of status under this section to 25
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928	928	pay a reasonable fee that is commensurate with the 1
929	929	cost of processing the application, but does not ex-2
930	930	ceed $1,140. 3
931	931	(2) B
932	932	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 4
933	933	may not grant an alien permanent resident status on 5
934	934	a conditional basis under this section until the re-6
935	935	quirements of section 302 are satisfied. 7
936	936	(3) W
937	937	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION .—The Sec-8
938	938	retary of Homeland Security shall, upon receipt of 9
939	939	a request to withdraw an application for adjustment 10
940	940	of status under this section, cease processing of the 11
941	941	application and close the case. Withdrawal of the ap-12
942	942	plication under this subsection shall not prejudice 13
943	943	any future application filed by the applicant for any 14
944	944	immigration benefit under this title or under the Im-15
945	945	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 16
946	946	seq.). 17
947	947	SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION. 18
948	948	Section 244(f)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 19
949	949	Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(4)) is amended by inserting after 20
950	950	‘‘considered’’ the following: ‘‘as having been inspected and 21
951	951	admitted into the United States, and’’. 22
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955	955	TITLE III—GENERAL 1
956	956	PROVISIONS 2
957	957	SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 3
958	958	(a) I
959	959	NGENERAL.—In this Act: 4
960	960	(1) I
961	961	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise specifi-5
962	962	cally provided, any term used in this Act that is 6
963	963	used in the immigration laws shall have the meaning 7
964	964	given such term in the immigration laws. 8
965	965	(2) A
966	966	PPROPRIATE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 9
967	967	COURT.—The term ‘‘appropriate United States dis-10
968	968	trict court’’ means the United States District Court 11
969	969	for the District of Columbia or the United States 12
970	970	district court with jurisdiction over the alien’s prin-13
971	971	cipal place of residence. 14
972	972	(3) A
973	973	REA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 15
974	974	SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu-16
975	975	cation school’’ has the meaning given such term in 17
976	976	section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-18
977	977	nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 19
978	978	(4) DACA.—The term ‘‘DACA’’ means de-20
979	979	ferred action granted to an alien pursuant to the 21
980	980	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy an-22
981	981	nounced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on 23
982	982	June 15, 2012. 24
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986	986	(5) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ has the 1
987	987	meaning given such term in section 3(1) of the 2
988	988	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 3
989	989	12102(1)). 4
990	990	(6) F
991	991	EDERAL POVERTY LINE .—The term ‘‘Fed-5
992	992	eral poverty line’’ has the meaning given such term 6
993	993	in section 213A(h) of the Immigration and Nation-7
994	994	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a). 8
995	995	(7) H
996	996	IGH SCHOOL; SECONDARY SCHOOL .—The 9
997	997	terms ‘‘high school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 10
998	998	the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 11
999	999	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 12
1000	1000	1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 13
1001	1001	(8) I
1002	1002	MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-14
1003	1003	tion laws’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-15
1004	1004	tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
1005	1005	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)). 17
1006	1006	(9) I
1007	1007	NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 18
1008	1008	term ‘‘institution of higher education’’— 19
1009	1009	(A) except as provided in subparagraph 20
1010	1010	(B), has the meaning given such term in section 21
1011	1011	102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 22
1012	1012	U.S.C. 1002); and 23
1013	1013	(B) does not include an institution of high-24
1014	1014	er education outside of the United States. 25
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1018	1018	(10) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -1
1019	1019	TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-2
1020	1020	tial’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 3
1021	1021	of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 4
1022	1022	(29 U.S.C. 3102). 5
1023	1023	(11) S
1024	1024	ECRETARY.—Except as otherwise specifi-6
1025	1025	cally provided, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-7
1026	1026	retary of Homeland Security. 8
1027	1027	(12) U
1028	1028	NIFORMED SERVICES .—The term ‘‘Uni-9
1029	1029	formed Services’’ has the meaning given the term 10
1030	1030	‘‘uniformed services’’ in section 101(a) of title 10, 11
1031	1031	United States Code. 12
1032	1032	(b) T
1033	1033	REATMENT OFEXPUNGEDCONVICTIONS.—For 13
1034	1034	purposes of adjustment of status under this Act, the terms 14
1035	1035	‘‘convicted’’ and ‘‘conviction’’, as used in this Act and in 15
1036	1036	sections 212 and 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 16
1037	1037	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182, 1254a), do not include a judgment 17
1038	1038	that has been expunged or set aside, that resulted in a 18
1039	1039	rehabilitative disposition, or the equivalent. 19
1040	1040	SEC. 302. SUBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC 20
1041	1041	DATA; BACKGROUND CHECKS. 21
1042	1042	(a) S
1043	1043	UBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC 22
1044	1044	D
1045	1045	ATA.—The Secretary may not grant an alien adjustment 23
1046	1046	of status under this Act, on either a conditional or perma-24
1047	1047	nent basis, unless the alien submits biometric and bio-25
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1051	1051	graphic data, in accordance with procedures established 1
1052	1052	by the Secretary. The Secretary shall provide an alter-2
1053	1053	native procedure for aliens who are unable to provide such 3
1054	1054	biometric or biographic data because of a physical impair-4
1055	1055	ment. 5
1056	1056	(b) B
1057	1057	ACKGROUNDCHECKS.—The Secretary shall use 6
1058	1058	biometric, biographic, and other data that the Secretary 7
1059	1059	determines appropriate to conduct security and law en-8
1060	1060	forcement background checks and to determine whether 9
1061	1061	there is any criminal, national security, or other factor 10
1062	1062	that would render the alien ineligible for adjustment of 11
1063	1063	status under this Act, on either a conditional or perma-12
1064	1064	nent basis. The status of an alien may not be adjusted, 13
1065	1065	on either a conditional or permanent basis, unless security 14
1066	1066	and law enforcement background checks are completed to 15
1067	1067	the satisfaction of the Secretary. 16
1068	1068	SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL; APPLICATION AND 17
1069	1069	FEE EXEMPTION; AND OTHER CONDITIONS 18
1070	1070	ON ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 19
1071	1071	(a) L
1072	1072	IMITATION ONREMOVAL.—An alien who ap-20
1073	1073	pears to be prima facie eligible for relief under this Act 21
1074	1074	shall be given a reasonable opportunity to apply for such 22
1075	1075	relief and may not be removed until, subject to section 23
1076	1076	306(c)(2), a final decision establishing ineligibility for re-24
1077	1077	lief is rendered. 25
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1081	1081	(b) APPLICATION.—An alien present in the United 1
1082	1082	States who has been ordered removed or has been per-2
1083	1083	mitted to depart voluntarily from the United States may, 3
1084	1084	notwithstanding such order or permission to depart, apply 4
1085	1085	for adjustment of status under this Act. Such alien shall 5
1086	1086	not be required to file a separate motion to reopen, recon-6
1087	1087	sider, or vacate the order of removal. If the Secretary ap-7
1088	1088	proves the application, the Secretary shall cancel the order 8
1089	1089	of removal. If the Secretary renders a final administrative 9
1090	1090	decision to deny the application, the order of removal or 10
1091	1091	permission to depart shall be effective and enforceable to 11
1092	1092	the same extent as if the application had not been made, 12
1093	1093	only after all available administrative and judicial rem-13
1094	1094	edies have been exhausted. 14
1095	1095	(c) F
1096	1096	EEEXEMPTION.—An applicant may be exempt-15
1097	1097	ed from paying an application fee required under this Act 16
1098	1098	if the applicant— 17
1099	1099	(1) is 18 years of age or younger; 18
1100	1100	(2) received total income, during the 12-month 19
1101	1101	period immediately preceding the date on which the 20
1102	1102	applicant files an application under this Act, that is 21
1103	1103	less than 150 percent of the Federal poverty line; 22
1104	1104	(3) is in foster care or otherwise lacks any pa-23
1105	1105	rental or other familial support; or 24
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1109	1109	(4) cannot care for himself or herself because of 1
1110	1110	a serious, chronic disability. 2
1111	1111	(d) A
1112	1112	DVANCEPAROLE.—During the period beginning 3
1113	1113	on the date on which an alien applies for adjustment of 4
1114	1114	status under this Act and ending on the date on which 5
1115	1115	the Secretary makes a final decision regarding such appli-6
1116	1116	cation, the alien shall be eligible to apply for advance pa-7
1117	1117	role. Section 101(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 8
1118	1118	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(g)) shall not apply to an alien granted 9
1119	1119	advance parole under this Act. 10
1120	1120	(e) E
1121	1121	MPLOYMENT.—An alien whose removal is stayed 11
1122	1122	pursuant to this Act, who may not be placed in removal 12
1123	1123	proceedings pursuant to this Act, or who has pending an 13
1124	1124	application under this Act, shall, upon application to the 14
1125	1125	Secretary, be granted an employment authorization docu-15
1126	1126	ment. 16
1127	1127	SEC. 304. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS PRESENCE 17
1128	1128	AND RESIDENCE. 18
1129	1129	(a) E
1130	1130	FFECT OFNOTICETOAPPEAR.—Any period of 19
1131	1131	continuous physical presence or continuous residence in 20
1132	1132	the United States of an alien who applies for permanent 21
1133	1133	resident status under this Act (whether on a conditional 22
1134	1134	basis or without the conditional basis as provided in sec-23
1135	1135	tion 104(c)(2)) shall not terminate when the alien is 24
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1139	1139	served a notice to appear under section 239(a) of the Im-1
1140	1140	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(a)). 2
1141	1141	(b) T
1142	1142	REATMENT OFCERTAINBREAKS INPRESENCE 3
1143	1143	ORRESIDENCE.— 4
1144	1144	(1) I
1145	1145	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-5
1146	1146	graphs (2) and (3), an alien shall be considered to 6
1147	1147	have failed to maintain— 7
1148	1148	(A) continuous physical presence in the 8
1149	1149	United States under this Act if the alien has 9
1150	1150	departed from the United States for any period 10
1151	1151	exceeding 90 days or for any periods, in the ag-11
1152	1152	gregate, exceeding 180 days; and 12
1153	1153	(B) continuous residence in the United 13
1154	1154	States under this Act if the alien has departed 14
1155	1155	from the United States for any period exceeding 15
1156	1156	180 days, unless the alien establishes to the 16
1157	1157	satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-17
1158	1158	rity that the alien did not in fact abandon resi-18
1159	1159	dence in the United States during such period. 19
1160	1160	(2) E
1161	1161	XTENSIONS FOR EXTENUATING CIR -20
1162	1162	CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may extend the time 21
1163	1163	periods described in paragraph (1) for an alien who 22
1164	1164	demonstrates that the failure to timely return to the 23
1165	1165	United States was due to extenuating circumstances 24
1166	1166	beyond the alien’s control, including— 25
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1170	1170	(A) the serious illness of the alien; 1
1171	1171	(B) death or serious illness of a parent, 2
1172	1172	grandparent, sibling, or child of the alien; 3
1173	1173	(C) processing delays associated with the 4
1174	1174	application process for a visa or other travel 5
1175	1175	document; or 6
1176	1176	(D) restrictions on international travel due 7
1177	1177	to the public health emergency declared by the 8
1178	1178	Secretary of Health and Human Services under 9
1179	1179	section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 10
1180	1180	(42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID–19. 11
1181	1181	(3) T
1182	1182	RAVEL AUTHORIZED BY THE SEC -12
1183	1183	RETARY.—Any period of travel outside of the United 13
1184	1184	States by an alien that was authorized by the Sec-14
1185	1185	retary may not be counted toward any period of de-15
1186	1186	parture from the United States under paragraph 16
1187	1187	(1). 17
1188	1188	(c) W
1189	1189	AIVER OFPHYSICALPRESENCE.—With respect 18
1190	1190	to aliens who were removed or departed the United States 19
1191	1191	on or after January 20, 2017, and who were continuously 20
1192	1192	physically present in the United States for at least 4 years 21
1193	1193	prior to such removal or departure, the Secretary may, 22
1194	1194	as a matter of discretion, waive the physical presence re-23
1195	1195	quirement under section 102(b)(1)(A) or section 24
1196	1196	202(a)(2) for humanitarian purposes, for family unity, or 25
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1200	1200	because a waiver is otherwise in the public interest. The 1
1201	1201	Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 2
1202	1202	shall establish a procedure for such aliens to apply for re-3
1203	1203	lief under section 102 or 202 from outside the United 4
1204	1204	States if they would have been eligible for relief under 5
1205	1205	such section, but for their removal or departure. 6
1206	1206	SEC. 305. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS. 7
1207	1207	Nothing in this Act or in any other law may be con-8
1208	1208	strued to apply a numerical limitation on the number of 9
1209	1209	aliens who may be granted permanent resident status 10
1210	1210	under this Act (whether on a conditional basis, or without 11
1211	1211	the conditional basis as provided in section 104(c)(2)). 12
1212	1212	SEC. 306. AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDI-13
1213	1213	CIAL REVIEW. 14
1214	1214	(a) A
1215	1215	DMINISTRATIVEREVIEW.—Not later than 30 15
1216	1216	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
1217	1217	retary shall provide to aliens who have applied for adjust-17
1218	1218	ment of status under this Act a process by which an appli-18
1219	1219	cant may seek administrative appellate review of a denial 19
1220	1220	of an application for adjustment of status, or a revocation 20
1221	1221	of such status. 21
1222	1222	(b) J
1223	1223	UDICIALREVIEW.—Except as provided in sub-22
1224	1224	section (c), and notwithstanding any other provision of 23
1225	1225	law, an alien may seek judicial review of a denial of an 24
1226	1226	application for adjustment of status, or a revocation of 25
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1230	1230	such status, under this Act in an appropriate United 1
1231	1231	States district court. 2
1232	1232	(c) S
1233	1233	TAY OFREMOVAL.— 3
1234	1234	(1) I
1235	1235	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-4
1236	1236	graph (2), an alien seeking administrative or judicial 5
1237	1237	review under this Act may not be removed from the 6
1238	1238	United States until a final decision is rendered es-7
1239	1239	tablishing that the alien is ineligible for adjustment 8
1240	1240	of status under this Act. 9
1241	1241	(2) E
1242	1242	XCEPTION.—The Secretary may remove 10
1243	1243	an alien described in paragraph (1) pending judicial 11
1244	1244	review if such removal is based on criminal or na-12
1245	1245	tional security grounds described in this Act. Such 13
1246	1246	removal shall not affect the alien’s right to judicial 14
1247	1247	review under this Act. The Secretary shall promptly 15
1248	1248	return a removed alien if a decision to deny an ap-16
1249	1249	plication for adjustment of status under this Act, or 17
1250	1250	to revoke such status, is reversed. 18
1251	1251	SEC. 307. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS. 19
1252	1252	(a) D
1253	1253	OCUMENTS ESTABLISHING IDENTITY.—An 20
1254	1254	alien’s application for permanent resident status under 21
1255	1255	this Act (whether on a conditional basis, or without the 22
1256	1256	conditional basis as provided in section 104(c)(2)) may in-23
1257	1257	clude, as evidence of identity, the following: 24
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1261	1261	(1) A passport or national identity document 1
1262	1262	from the alien’s country of origin that includes the 2
1263	1263	alien’s name and the alien’s photograph or finger-3
1264	1264	print. 4
1265	1265	(2) The alien’s birth certificate and an identity 5
1266	1266	card that includes the alien’s name and photograph. 6
1267	1267	(3) A school identification card that includes 7
1268	1268	the alien’s name and photograph, and school records 8
1269	1269	showing the alien’s name and that the alien is or 9
1270	1270	was enrolled at the school. 10
1271	1271	(4) A Uniformed Services identification card 11
1272	1272	issued by the Department of Defense. 12
1273	1273	(5) Any immigration or other document issued 13
1274	1274	by the United States Government bearing the alien’s 14
1275	1275	name and photograph. 15
1276	1276	(6) A State-issued identification card bearing 16
1277	1277	the alien’s name and photograph. 17
1278	1278	(7) Any other evidence determined to be cred-18
1279	1279	ible by the Secretary. 19
1280	1280	(b) D
1281	1281	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGENTRY, CONTIN-20
1282	1282	UOUSPHYSICALPRESENCE, LACK OFABANDONMENT OF 21
1283	1283	R
1284	1284	ESIDENCE.—To establish that an alien was 18 years of 22
1285	1285	age or younger on the date on which the alien entered 23
1286	1286	the United States, and has continuously resided in the 24
1287	1287	United States since such entry, as required under section 25
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1291	1291	102(b)(1)(B), that an alien has been continuously phys-1
1292	1292	ically present in the United States, as required under sec-2
1293	1293	tion 102(b)(1)(A) or 202(a)(2), or that an alien has not 3
1294	1294	abandoned residence in the United States, as required 4
1295	1295	under section 104(a)(1)(B), the alien may submit the fol-5
1296	1296	lowing forms of evidence: 6
1297	1297	(1) Passport entries, including admission 7
1298	1298	stamps on the alien’s passport. 8
1299	1299	(2) Any document from the Department of Jus-9
1300	1300	tice or the Department of Homeland Security noting 10
1301	1301	the alien’s date of entry into the United States. 11
1302	1302	(3) Records from any educational institution 12
1303	1303	the alien has attended in the United States. 13
1304	1304	(4) Employment records of the alien that in-14
1305	1305	clude the employer’s name and contact information, 15
1306	1306	or other records demonstrating earned income. 16
1307	1307	(5) Records of service from the Uniformed 17
1308	1308	Services. 18
1309	1309	(6) Official records from a religious entity con-19
1310	1310	firming the alien’s participation in a religious cere-20
1311	1311	mony. 21
1312	1312	(7) A birth certificate for a child who was born 22
1313	1313	in the United States. 23
1314	1314	(8) Hospital or medical records showing med-24
1315	1315	ical treatment or hospitalization, the name of the 25
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1319	1319	medical facility or physician, and the date of the 1
1320	1320	treatment or hospitalization. 2
1321	1321	(9) Automobile license receipts or registration. 3
1322	1322	(10) Deeds, mortgages, or rental agreement 4
1323	1323	contracts. 5
1324	1324	(11) Rent receipts or utility bills bearing the 6
1325	1325	alien’s name or the name of an immediate family 7
1326	1326	member of the alien, and the alien’s address. 8
1327	1327	(12) Tax receipts. 9
1328	1328	(13) Insurance policies. 10
1329	1329	(14) Remittance records, including copies of 11
1330	1330	money order receipts sent in or out of the country. 12
1331	1331	(15) Travel records. 13
1332	1332	(16) Dated bank transactions. 14
1333	1333	(17) Two or more sworn affidavits from individ-15
1334	1334	uals who are not related to the alien who have direct 16
1335	1335	knowledge of the alien’s continuous physical pres-17
1336	1336	ence in the United States, that contain— 18
1337	1337	(A) the name, address, and telephone num-19
1338	1338	ber of the affiant; and 20
1339	1339	(B) the nature and duration of the rela-21
1340	1340	tionship between the affiant and the alien. 22
1341	1341	(18) Any other evidence determined to be cred-23
1342	1342	ible by the Secretary. 24
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1346	1346	(c) DOCUMENTSESTABLISHINGADMISSION TO AN 1
1347	1347	I
1348	1348	NSTITUTION OFHIGHEREDUCATION.—To establish that 2
1349	1349	an alien has been admitted to an institution of higher edu-3
1350	1350	cation, the alien may submit to the Secretary a document 4
1351	1351	from the institution of higher education certifying that the 5
1352	1352	alien— 6
1353	1353	(1) has been admitted to the institution; or 7
1354	1354	(2) is currently enrolled in the institution as a 8
1355	1355	student. 9
1356	1356	(d) D
1357	1357	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGRECEIPT OF ADE-10
1358	1358	GREEFROM ANINSTITUTION OFHIGHEREDUCATION.— 11
1359	1359	To establish that an alien has acquired a degree from an 12
1360	1360	institution of higher education in the United States, the 13
1361	1361	alien may submit to the Secretary a diploma or other doc-14
1362	1362	ument from the institution stating that the alien has re-15
1363	1363	ceived such a degree. 16
1364	1364	(e) D
1365	1365	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGRECEIPT OF AHIGH 17
1366	1366	S
1367	1367	CHOOLDIPLOMA, GENERALEDUCATIONALDEVELOP-18
1368	1368	MENTCREDENTIAL, OR ARECOGNIZEDEQUIVALENT.— 19
1369	1369	To establish that in the United States an alien has earned 20
1370	1370	a high school diploma or a commensurate alternative 21
1371	1371	award from a public or private high school, has obtained 22
1372	1372	the General Education Development credential, or other-23
1373	1373	wise has satisfied section 102(b)(1)(D)(iii), the alien may 24
1374	1374	submit to the Secretary the following: 25
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1378	1378	(1) A high school diploma, certificate of comple-1
1379	1379	tion, or other alternate award. 2
1380	1380	(2) A high school equivalency diploma or certifi-3
1381	1381	cate recognized under State law. 4
1382	1382	(3) Evidence that the alien passed a State-au-5
1383	1383	thorized exam, including the General Education De-6
1384	1384	velopment test, in the United States. 7
1385	1385	(4) Evidence that the alien successfully com-8
1386	1386	pleted an area career and technical education pro-9
1387	1387	gram, such as a certification, certificate, or similar 10
1388	1388	alternate award. 11
1389	1389	(5) Evidence that the alien obtained a recog-12
1390	1390	nized postsecondary credential. 13
1391	1391	(6) Any other evidence determined to be cred-14
1392	1392	ible by the Secretary. 15
1393	1393	(f) D
1394	1394	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGENROLLMENT IN AN 16
1395	1395	E
1396	1396	DUCATIONALPROGRAM.—To establish that an alien is 17
1397	1397	enrolled in any school or education program described in 18
1398	1398	section 102(b)(1)(D)(iv) or 104(a)(1)(C), the alien may 19
1399	1399	submit school records from the United States school that 20
1400	1400	the alien is currently attending that include— 21
1401	1401	(1) the name of the school; and 22
1402	1402	(2) the alien’s name, periods of attendance, and 23
1403	1403	current grade or educational level. 24
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1407	1407	(g) DOCUMENTSESTABLISHINGEXEMPTIONFROM 1
1408	1408	A
1409	1409	PPLICATIONFEES.—To establish that an alien is exempt 2
1410	1410	from an application fee under this Act, the alien may sub-3
1411	1411	mit to the Secretary the following relevant documents: 4
1412	1412	(1) D
1413	1413	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH AGE .—To es-5
1414	1414	tablish that an alien meets an age requirement, the 6
1415	1415	alien may provide proof of identity, as described in 7
1416	1416	subsection (a), that establishes that the alien is 18 8
1417	1417	years of age or younger. 9
1418	1418	(2) D
1419	1419	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH INCOME .—To 10
1420	1420	establish the alien’s income, the alien may provide— 11
1421	1421	(A) employment records or other records of 12
1422	1422	earned income, including records that have been 13
1423	1423	maintained by the Social Security Administra-14
1424	1424	tion, the Internal Revenue Service, or any other 15
1425	1425	Federal, State, or local government agency; 16
1426	1426	(B) bank records; or 17
1427	1427	(C) at least two sworn affidavits from indi-18
1428	1428	viduals who are not related to the alien and 19
1429	1429	who have direct knowledge of the alien’s work 20
1430	1430	and income that contain— 21
1431	1431	(i) the name, address, and telephone 22
1432	1432	number of the affiant; and 23
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1436	1436	(ii) the nature and duration of the re-1
1437	1437	lationship between the affiant and the 2
1438	1438	alien. 3
1439	1439	(3) D
1440	1440	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH FOSTER CARE , 4
1441	1441	LACK OF FAMILIAL SUPPORT , OR SERIOUS, CHRONIC 5
1442	1442	DISABILITY.—To establish that the alien is in foster 6
1443	1443	care, lacks parental or familial support, or has a se-7
1444	1444	rious, chronic disability, the alien may provide at 8
1445	1445	least two sworn affidavits from individuals who are 9
1446	1446	not related to the alien and who have direct knowl-10
1447	1447	edge of the circumstances that contain— 11
1448	1448	(A) a statement that the alien is in foster 12
1449	1449	care, otherwise lacks any parental or other fa-13
1450	1450	miliar support, or has a serious, chronic dis-14
1451	1451	ability, as appropriate; 15
1452	1452	(B) the name, address, and telephone num-16
1453	1453	ber of the affiant; and 17
1454	1454	(C) the nature and duration of the rela-18
1455	1455	tionship between the affiant and the alien. 19
1456	1456	(h) D
1457	1457	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGQUALIFICATION FOR 20
1458	1458	H
1459	1459	ARDSHIPEXEMPTION.—To establish that an alien satis-21
1460	1460	fies one of the criteria for the hardship exemption set forth 22
1461	1461	in section 104(a)(2)(C), the alien may submit to the Sec-23
1462	1462	retary at least two sworn affidavits from individuals who 24
1463	1463	are not related to the alien and who have direct knowledge 25
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1467	1467	of the circumstances that warrant the exemption, that 1
1468	1468	contain— 2
1469	1469	(1) the name, address, and telephone number of 3
1470	1470	the affiant; and 4
1471	1471	(2) the nature and duration of the relationship 5
1472	1472	between the affiant and the alien. 6
1473	1473	(i) D
1474	1474	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGSERVICE IN THE 7
1475	1475	U
1476	1476	NIFORMEDSERVICES.—To establish that an alien has 8
1477	1477	served in the Uniformed Services for at least 2 years and, 9
1478	1478	if discharged, received an honorable discharge, the alien 10
1479	1479	may submit to the Secretary— 11
1480	1480	(1) a Department of Defense form DD–214; 12
1481	1481	(2) a National Guard Report of Separation and 13
1482	1482	Record of Service form 22; 14
1483	1483	(3) personnel records for such service from the 15
1484	1484	appropriate Uniformed Service; or 16
1485	1485	(4) health records from the appropriate Uni-17
1486	1486	formed Service. 18
1487	1487	(j) D
1488	1488	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGEARNEDINCOME.— 19
1489	1489	(1) I
1490	1490	N GENERAL.—An alien may satisfy the 20
1491	1491	earned income requirement under section 21
1492	1492	104(a)(1)(C)(iii) by submitting records that— 22
1493	1493	(A) establish compliance with such require-23
1494	1494	ment; and 24
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1498	1498	(B) have been maintained by the Social Se-1
1499	1499	curity Administration, the Internal Revenue 2
1500	1500	Service, or any other Federal, State, or local 3
1501	1501	government agency. 4
1502	1502	(2) O
1503	1503	THER DOCUMENTS .—An alien who is un-5
1504	1504	able to submit the records described in paragraph 6
1505	1505	(1) may satisfy the earned income requirement by 7
1506	1506	submitting at least two types of reliable documents 8
1507	1507	that provide evidence of employment or other forms 9
1508	1508	of earned income, including— 10
1509	1509	(A) bank records; 11
1510	1510	(B) business records; 12
1511	1511	(C) employer or contractor records; 13
1512	1512	(D) records of a labor union, day labor 14
1513	1513	center, or organization that assists workers in 15
1514	1514	employment; 16
1515	1515	(E) sworn affidavits from individuals who 17
1516	1516	are not related to the alien and who have direct 18
1517	1517	knowledge of the alien’s work, that contain— 19
1518	1518	(i) the name, address, and telephone 20
1519	1519	number of the affiant; and 21
1520	1520	(ii) the nature and duration of the re-22
1521	1521	lationship between the affiant and the 23
1522	1522	alien; 24
1523	1523	(F) remittance records; or 25
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1527	1527	(G) any other evidence determined to be 1
1528	1528	credible by the Secretary. 2
1529	1529	(k) A
1530	1530	UTHORITYTOPROHIBITUSE OFCERTAIN 3
1531	1531	D
1532	1532	OCUMENTS.—If the Secretary determines, after publica-4
1533	1533	tion in the Federal Register and an opportunity for public 5
1534	1534	comment, that any document or class of documents does 6
1535	1535	not reliably establish identity or that permanent resident 7
1536	1536	status under this Act (whether on a conditional basis, or 8
1537	1537	without the conditional basis as provided in section 9
1538	1538	104(c)(2)) is being obtained fraudulently to an unaccept-10
1539	1539	able degree, the Secretary may prohibit or restrict the use 11
1540	1540	of such document or class of documents. 12
1541	1541	SEC. 308. RULEMAKING. 13
1542	1542	(a) I
1543	1543	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 14
1544	1544	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub-15
1545	1545	lish in the Federal Register interim final rules imple-16
1546	1546	menting this Act, which shall allow eligible individuals to 17
1547	1547	immediately apply for relief under this Act. Notwith-18
1548	1548	standing section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the 19
1549	1549	regulation shall be effective, on an interim basis, imme-20
1550	1550	diately upon publication, but may be subject to change and 21
1551	1551	revision after public notice and opportunity for a period 22
1552	1552	of public comment. The Secretary shall finalize such rules 23
1553	1553	not later than 180 days after the date of publication. 24
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1557	1557	(b) PAPERWORK REDUCTIONACT.—The require-1
1558	1558	ments under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 2
1559	1559	(commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’) 3
1560	1560	shall not apply to any action to implement this Act. 4
1561	1561	SEC. 309. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. 5
1562	1562	(a) I
1563	1563	NGENERAL.—The Secretary may not disclose 6
1564	1564	or use information (including information provided during 7
1565	1565	administrative or judicial review) provided in applications 8
1566	1566	filed under this Act or in requests for DACA for the pur-9
1567	1567	pose of immigration enforcement. 10
1568	1568	(b) R
1569	1569	EFERRALSPROHIBITED.—The Secretary, based 11
1570	1570	solely on information provided in an application for adjust-12
1571	1571	ment of status under this Act (including information pro-13
1572	1572	vided during administrative or judicial review) or an appli-14
1573	1573	cation for DACA, may not refer an applicant to U.S. Im-15
1574	1574	migration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and 16
1575	1575	Border Protection, or any designee of either such entity. 17
1576	1576	(c) L
1577	1577	IMITEDEXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-18
1578	1578	sections (a) and (b), information provided in an applica-19
1579	1579	tion for adjustment of status under this Act may be 20
1580	1580	shared with Federal security and law enforcement agen-21
1581	1581	cies— 22
1582	1582	(1) for assistance in the consideration of an ap-23
1583	1583	plication for adjustment of status under this Act; 24
1584	1584	(2) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims; 25
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1588	1588	(3) for national security purposes; or 1
1589	1589	(4) for the investigation or prosecution of any 2
1590	1590	felony offense not related to immigration status. 3
1591	1591	(d) P
1592	1592	ENALTY.—Any person who knowingly uses, pub-4
1593	1593	lishes, or permits information to be examined in violation 5
1594	1594	of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000. 6
1595	1595	SEC. 310. GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE APPLI-7
1596	1596	CANTS. 8
1597	1597	(a) E
1598	1598	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish, 9
1599	1599	within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a pro-10
1600	1600	gram to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 11
1601	1601	nonprofit organizations that will use the funding to assist 12
1602	1602	eligible applicants under this Act by providing them with 13
1603	1603	the services described in subsection (b). 14
1604	1604	(b) U
1605	1605	SE OFFUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 15
1606	1606	this section shall be used for the design and implementa-16
1607	1607	tion of programs that provide— 17
1608	1608	(1) information to the public regarding the eli-18
1609	1609	gibility and benefits of permanent resident status 19
1610	1610	under this Act (whether on a conditional basis, or 20
1611	1611	without the conditional basis as provided in section 21
1612	1612	104(c)(2)), particularly to individuals potentially eli-22
1613	1613	gible for such status; 23
1614	1614	(2) assistance, within the scope of authorized 24
1615	1615	practice of immigration law, to individuals submit-25
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1619	1619	ting applications for adjustment of status under this 1
1620	1620	Act (whether on a conditional basis, or without the 2
1621	1621	conditional basis as provided in section 104(c)(2)), 3
1622	1622	including— 4
1623	1623	(A) screening prospective applicants to as-5
1624	1624	sess their eligibility for such status; 6
1625	1625	(B) completing applications and petitions, 7
1626	1626	including providing assistance in obtaining the 8
1627	1627	requisite documents and supporting evidence; 9
1628	1628	and 10
1629	1629	(C) providing any other assistance that the 11
1630	1630	Secretary or grantee considers useful or nec-12
1631	1631	essary to apply for adjustment of status under 13
1632	1632	this Act (whether on a conditional basis, or 14
1633	1633	without the conditional basis as provided in sec-15
1634	1634	tion 104(c)(2)); and 16
1635	1635	(3) assistance, within the scope of authorized 17
1636	1636	practice of immigration law, and instruction, to indi-18
1637	1637	viduals— 19
1638	1638	(A) on the rights and responsibilities of 20
1639	1639	United States citizenship; 21
1640	1640	(B) in civics and English as a second lan-22
1641	1641	guage; 23
1642	1642	(C) in preparation for the General Edu-24
1643	1643	cation Development test; and 25
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1647	1647	(D) in applying for adjustment of status 1
1648	1648	and United States citizenship. 2
1649	1649	(c) A
1650	1650	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 3
1651	1651	(1) A
1652	1652	MOUNTS AUTHORIZED .—There are author-4
1653	1653	ized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-5
1654	1654	essary for each of the fiscal years 2026 through 6
1655	1655	2036 to carry out this section. 7
1656	1656	(2) A
1657	1657	VAILABILITY.—Any amounts appropriated 8
1658	1658	pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available 9
1659	1659	until expended. 10
1660	1660	SEC. 311. PROVISIONS AFFECTING ELIGIBILITY FOR AD-11
1661	1661	JUSTMENT OF STATUS. 12
1662	1662	An alien’s eligibility to be lawfully admitted for per-13
1663	1663	manent residence under this Act (whether on a conditional 14
1664	1664	basis, or without the conditional basis as provided in sec-15
1665	1665	tion 104(c)(2)) shall not preclude the alien from seeking 16
1666	1666	any status under any other provision of law for which the 17
1667	1667	alien may otherwise be eligible. 18
1668	1668	SEC. 312. SUPPLEMENTARY SURCHARGE FOR APPOINTED 19
1669	1669	COUNSEL. 20
1670	1670	(a) I
1671	1671	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in section 302 21
1672	1672	and in cases where the applicant is exempt from paying 22
1673	1673	a fee under section 303(c), in any case in which a fee is 23
1674	1674	charged pursuant to this Act, an additional surcharge of 24
1675	1675	$25 shall be imposed and collected for the purpose of pro-25
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1679	1679	viding appointed counsel to applicants seeking judicial re-1
1680	1680	view of the Secretary’s decision to provisionally deny an 2
1681	1681	application under this Act. 3
1682	1682	(b) I
1683	1683	MMIGRATIONCOUNSELACCOUNT.—There is es-4
1684	1684	tablished in the general fund of the Treasury a separate 5
1685	1685	account which shall be known as the ‘‘Immigration Coun-6
1686	1686	sel Account’’. Fees collected under subsection (a) shall be 7
1687	1687	deposited into the Immigration Counsel Account and shall 8
1688	1688	remain available until expended for purposes of providing 9
1689	1689	appointed counsel as required under this Act. 10
1690	1690	(c) R
1691	1691	EPORT.—At the end of each 2-year period, be-11
1692	1692	ginning with the establishment of this account, the Sec-12
1693	1693	retary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 13
1694	1694	Congress concerning the status of the account, including 14
1695	1695	any balances therein, and recommend any adjustment in 15
1696	1696	the prescribed fee that may be required to ensure that the 16
1697	1697	receipts collected from the fee charged for the succeeding 17
1698	1698	two years equal, as closely as possible, the cost of pro-18
1699	1699	viding appointed counsel as required under this Act. 19
1700	1700	SEC. 313. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROVISIONAL DENIAL AU-20
1701	1701	THORITY. 21
1702	1702	Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 22
1703	1703	of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 23
1704	1704	Homeland Security shall submit to the Congress a report 24
1705	1705	detailing the number of applicants that receive— 25
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1709	1709	(1) a provisional denial under this Act; 1
1710	1710	(2) a final denial under this Act without seek-2
1711	1711	ing judicial review; 3
1712	1712	(3) a final denial under this Act after seeking 4
1713	1713	judicial review; and 5
1714	1714	(4) an approval under this Act after seeking ju-6
1715	1715	dicial review. 7
1716	1716	Æ
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